Seán Hanley

Seán Hanley is Senior Lecturer in the comparative politics of Central and Eastern Europe at University College London. He is author of The New Right in the New Europe: Czech Transformation and Right-Wing Politics.

Liberals against nationalism in Central Europe? It would have been a nice idea

The problem with Central European liberal anti-nationalism is not that it went too far, but that it never really existed.

By James Dawson and Seán Hanley

/ 26 Jul 2018

Liberals against nationalism in Central Europe? It would have been a nice idea

The problem with Central European liberal anti-nationalism is not that it went too far, but that it never really existed.

By James Dawson and Seán Hanley

/ 26 Jul 2018

Has liberalism gone missing in East Central Europe, or has it always been absent?

The refugee crisis highlights that it is time to reassess the contribution of East Central Europe’s mainstream parties of ‘liberals’ who are better at winning elections than at being liberal.

By James Dawson and Seán Hanley

/ 5 Oct 2015

Has liberalism gone missing in East Central Europe, or has it always been absent?

The refugee crisis highlights that it is time to reassess the contribution of East Central Europe’s mainstream parties of ‘liberals’ who are better at winning elections than at being liberal.

By James Dawson and Seán Hanley

/ 5 Oct 2015